Li Jiulong

Li Jiulong
Li Jiulong
李九龙
Commander of Chengdu Military Region
	In office; September 1991 – October 1994
Preceded by	Zhang Taiheng
Succeeded by	Wei Fulin
Commander of Jinan Military Region
	In office; June 1985 – April 1990
Preceded by	Qian Shoukun [zh]
Succeeded by	Zhang Wannian
Personal details
Born	March 1929; Fengrun County, Hebei, China
Died	19 November 2003 (aged 74); Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	PLA Military Academy; PLA National Defence University
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1945–2003
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Chinese Civil War; Korean War; Sino-Vietnamese War
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	李九龙
Traditional Chinese	李九龍
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǐ Jiǔlóng

Li Jiulong (Chinese: 李九龙; March 1929 – 19 November 2003) was a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1] He was a delegate to the 9th National People's Congress.^[1]

Biography[edit]

Li was born in Fengrun County, Hebei, in March 1929. He enlisted in the Eighth Route Army in August 1945, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December of that same year.^[1]^[2]

During the Chinese Civil War, he served in the Northeast Field Army under Huang Yongsheng and Ding Sheng. He fought under Ding Sheng in the Korean War. For his gallant service at Sino-Vietnamese War he was promoted to commander in 1980. In June 1985, he was promoted to become commander of Jinan Military Region, a position he held until April 1990, when he was appointed deputy head of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department. He became commander of Chengdu Military Region in September 1991, and served until October 1994.^[1]^[2]

On 19 November 2003, he died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 74.^[1]^[2]

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) in September 1988 and general (shangjiang) in May 1994.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 成都军区原司令员李九龙上将逝世(附图). sina (in Chinese). 30 November 2003. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chen Dejie (陈德杰) (2008). 霹雳将军李九龙 [Thunderbolt General: Li Jiulong] (in Chinese). Beijing: Military Science Press.

Military offices
Preceded by Qian Shoukun [zh]	Commander of Jinan Military Region 1985–1990	Succeeded by Zhang Wannian
Preceded by Zhang Taiheng	Commander of Chengdu Military Region 1991–1994	Succeeded by Wei Fulin